Women's Spaces, Women's Visions: Politics, Poetics, and Resistance in African Women's DramaAfrica World Press, 2007 - 322 pages |
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Page 114
... sacrifices to God , they are faced with a drought because God is not only insensitive and uncaring but he has also abdicated his responsibility to his corrupt assistant Kirabira , also known derisively as the Hunchback . Both the deity ...
... sacrifices to God , they are faced with a drought because God is not only insensitive and uncaring but he has also abdicated his responsibility to his corrupt assistant Kirabira , also known derisively as the Hunchback . Both the deity ...
Page 184
... sacrifice his wife , and he can still avert her impending death if he confesses and denounces his wrong and the family , as a corporate unit , " raises the prayer of their souls together " ( 65 ) . Rather than dooming Ampoma , Edufa ...
... sacrifice his wife , and he can still avert her impending death if he confesses and denounces his wrong and the family , as a corporate unit , " raises the prayer of their souls together " ( 65 ) . Rather than dooming Ampoma , Edufa ...
Page 281
... sacrifice engendered by the actions of Koba and Kwan . The entire com- munity is threatened by the dictatorial tendencies of the Chief , who does not hesitate to use the Cop to silence his detractors . He has murdered his opponents and ...
... sacrifice engendered by the actions of Koba and Kwan . The entire com- munity is threatened by the dictatorial tendencies of the Chief , who does not hesitate to use the Cop to silence his detractors . He has murdered his opponents and ...
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